the advice from Ted Roche worked:
I finally figured out I had to run that command from the iMac,
not from f14box:
on the iMac I ran
cupsctl BrowseRemoteProtocols=cups
then after futzing with the
iMac Print & Fax preference pane in the System Preferences window.
I can finally see my
On 09/06/2011 12:12 PM, Ted Roche wrote:
> And did you try it on the Mac? I tried 'man cupsctl' on my F14 box,
> and it doesn't seem to support that syntax, so I think it was intended
> for you to try on the Mac.
If this doesn't work, try going to http://127.0.0.1:631/ on the Mac, as
that's the w
On Tue, Sep 6, 2011 at 2:45 PM, jackson byers wrote:
> But, much is not clear to me,
> I thought the whole point of IPP Sharing was that
> you didnt have to do anything on the client machines, even Macs.
Well, especially Macs, as CUPS is/was written by Apple.
> Am I supposed to run
> cupsctl
Ted Roche responded
(http://localhost:631/help/sharing.html?TOPIC=Getting+Started&QUERY=#AUTO_CUPS)
and there I found a note that says:
"Note:
>Due to user interface changes in Mac OS X 10.5, CUPS shared
> printers will not automatically appear in the print dialog. Instead,
> you must fir
On Mon, Sep 5, 2011 at 1:25 PM, jackson byers wrote:
> Sam Varshavchik replied
>
>> Yes, open http://localhost:631/admin/ and make sure that "Share printers
>> connected to this system" and > "Allow printing from the Internet" are
>> enabled.
>
> Did this, i.e., checked those boxes.
> my iMac s
Sam Varshavchik replied
> Yes, open http://localhost:631/admin/ and make sure that "Share printers
> connected to this system" and > "Allow printing from the Internet" are
> enabled.
Did this, i.e., checked those boxes.
my iMac still can't see the printer
other steps needed?
Jack
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jackson byers writes:
Since then I haven't tried to modify cupsd.conf--
it seems the modern version is far more complex.
Maybe not even intended that users should
directly modify it?
Yes, open http://localhost:631/admin/ and make sure that "Share printers
connected to this system" and "Allo
years ago, I had no trouble printing from a Mac on my lan
to printer connected to my linux box.
now, I can't seem to do it.
linux box
F14 using NetworkManager
static ip 192.168.2.8
iMac dhcp 192.168.2.100
again, years ago I sometimes added to the cupsd.conf:
ServerName 192.168.2.8,
which en
